Update furniture you already own with spray paint for a budget-friendly fresh look you can do yourself. Our kitchen is full of neutrals and needed a pop of color to coordinate with our dining room. As I’ve mentioned before, our budget is limited so wherever possible, we use what we already have, updating where necessary. We already […]
I recently stumbled across this picture of coffee beans that appeared to be painted. I searched further, hoping for DIY instructions or at least where to buy some but was disappointed – it was just a photo with filters applied so the beans appeared blue. Inspired by the photo, I was determined to recreate the look with paint and coffee beans. […]
Last week I made some Metallic Painted Coffee Beans; easy to make, inexpensive, and smell lovely. I was inspired when I stumbled across this picture of coffee beans that appeared to be painted. I clicked on the photo in hope of some DIY instructions, but instead found the beans only appeared blue due to some fancy photo editing. I was disappointed, since I […]
A little paint and elbow grease is an inexpensive way to change something that doesn’t fit with the decor of your home and seems dated into something that looks like it was MADE for your house. Last week I posted on how to strip polyurethane coating off of a console table. The poly coat was THICK, but came […]
Years ago, we were given an older console table. At first, I wanted to replace the worn out hardware because the color matched our old house. But, due to age, the table had faded around the hardware, making it making it almost impossible replace without a visible shadow of the old. We recently moved, and the color no […]